WITH the
loving approval of their parents, children dress up in weird
costumes and play pranks on Halloween night--little realizing
that for over a thousand years this one evening in the year has
been specially dedicated by spirit mediums and witches to the
worship of Satan.

Halloween has nothing to do
with Christianity. It is a festival which no one—child or
adult—should have anything to do with. We need to better
understand the origins of Halloween and its dangers.

During the Dark Ages, a number
of pagan customs were adopted by the dominant Christian church
in Europe. One of these was devil night, which was later named,
"Halloween." This special night, celebrated since antiquity as
the night when the devils came out and walked about the streets,
was a satanic festival on October 31 of each year. The next day
was called "All Saints Day" or "All Hallows Day", so "Halloween"
was the night before Saints’ day. Like the night before it, All
Hallows Day was dedicated to honoring the dead.

Celtic-Druid Influence On
Halloween

The ancient Celtic empire
extended to Europe, England and Ireland. The Druids were Celtic
priests. The Celts and their Druid priests chose October 31st
for their New Year's Eve, and "intended it as a celebration of
everything wicked, evil, and dead. During their celebration they
would gather around a community bonfire and offer as sacrifice
their animals, their crops, and sometimes themselves. The
celebration remained much the same after the Romans captured the
Celts (43 A.D.)," (World Book)

Did you know that the Druid
priests held sacred the hours of midnight and noon? The Gaulish
(French) word, druides, might be derived from the word druvides
meaning "those who know the oak." The oak tree and the mistletoe
were considered to be sacred, also. The Druids forecasted events
both by interpreting the flight of birds and by examining the
markings on the entrails, the liver, and other inner organs of
sacrificed animals.

The folklore of early Ireland
depicts Druids as a priesthood, offering human sacrifice. One of
the chief Druid doctrines which is prevalent today, according to
the Encyclopedia Americana, was their decisions "to
inspire a belief that men's souls do not perish but transmigrate
after death from one individual to another." This is a very
serious Satanic practice. Many people today believe in the
transmigration of souls. We hear them interviewed on radio and
television shows. They believe they existed in a former life.

The Druids were Satanic to the
core in their worship and pagan practices. Halloween is a Druid
holiday that we in America have received from Satanic paganism.
It was "baptized" so to speak, and accepted by the Roman
Catholic church in the early A.D. 700's. Its name was changed
into "All Hallow's Day" which means "All Saints Day." That's
November 1st. And "Hallow's Eve," the evening before the "Hallow's
Day," is October 31st or "Hallow'en, " Hallow evening," or
"Halloween."

Celebrations of all kinds took
place. In Ireland, carvings on pumpkins were made, and called
Jack-O-Laterns. The legend was that a man named Jack had played
practical jokes on the devil and bothered him, so the devil kept
him out of heaven. Jack, therefore, had to live forever on earth
carrying a lit lantern, warning people not to offend the devil.
The lesson for little children: do not offend the devil.

It Soon Seemed As If All
The Devils Came Out!

Yet such teachings did not help
either the people nor the morals of society. Throughout Europe,
on this one night of the year, it soon seemed as if all the
devils came out! Indeed, that was the hidden meaning of
Halloween, and the wild excitement and orgies of the people on
that night seemed to fulfill it.

The Druids believed that on
Halloween, ghosts, spirits, fairies, witches, and elves came out
to harm people. These evil creatures must be placated with
offerings of food. The Celts would go with their children to one
another’s house to gather food for the devil gods.

Animals were feared on that night
also. Dogs, owls, snakes, and pigs were particularly worshipped
in fear on that night, but among them, the cat was regarded with
a special veneration. The Druid priests taught that
cats—especially black ones—were sacred. This is why, today, we
think of cats, as well as skeletons, pumpkins, skulls, and
children with sheets over their heads, when we think of
Halloween.

The Celtic priests also taught
that witches ride on brooms through the skies on that night, and
fling down curses on those who do not honor the dead by taking
part in the ritual ceremonies of that night.

This Holiday Originated In
Paganism - Not Christianity

After being adopted by nominal
Christianity in the Dark Ages, the festival of Halloween spread
throughout Europe and to most countries later colonized by them.
Yet few today are aware that this holiday originated in
paganism, not Christianity, and that it is the most dangerous
"holiday" in the year. For long ages, Halloween has been a night
especially dedicated to satanic agencies. Every October 31 we
see the clearest evidence of that fact.

Vandalism on a major scale now
plagues our cities on that night. A few years ago, Detroit alone
experienced three days of riots, arson, and mass destruction.
For three days children and adults seemed possessed, and the
city seemed out of control.

Should we today celebrate this
pagan night, which every witch, clairvoyant, wizard, and spirit
medium will tell you is the outstanding occultic night in the
year? It may seem like fun and games. You may be saying now, the
information above may be well and fine, but we do not worship
the devil and I see nothing wrong with it. Well, don’t forget
that it is still "Satan’s Holiday." Far better to keep our
children home on that night, and pray to God and read the Bible!
Dedicate your life anew to the true God, and shun the amusements
and follies of the devil gods. Although very inviting, they will
only bring you trouble and misery, confusion of mind and an
empty life without happiness.

Few people realize how very
dangerous it is to dabble in spiritualism. It may seem like
innocent fun, but is it? Lets look at what God’s Word says about
it:

"When thou art come into the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do
after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be
found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:
and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive
them out from before thee." Deuteronomy 18:9-12.

They Are All An Abomination
To God

Did you notice that it is talking
about fortune telling, horoscopes, trying to communicate with
the dead, etc. They are all an abomination to God, and we need
to avoid them.

Some Bible Verses To
Consider With Halloween

"And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."
Ephesians 5:11.

"Abstain from all appearance of
evil." 1 Thessalonians 5:22.

"When thou art come into the land
which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do
after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be
found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to
pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer
of time, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a
consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD:
and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive
them out from before thee." Deuteronomy 18:9-12.
(This Scriptural injunction in Deuteronomy 18 strictly forbade
the people of Israel from having anything to do with the Satanic
practices of their Canaanite neighbors. This is a Scriptural
principle to follow.)

"Regard not them that have
familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by
them; I am the LORD your God." Leviticus 19:31.

"And many that believed came, and
confessed, and shewed their deeds. Many of them also which used
curious arts brought their books together, and burned them
before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it
fifty thousand pieces of silver." Acts 19:18-19.

Abbreviated History and
Customs of Halloween

Oxford English Dictionary
(Second Edition)
Hallowe'en. The eve of All Hallows' or All Saints' Day
celebrated the last night of October. In the Old Celtic calendar
the year began on November 1, so that the last evening of
October was 'old years' night', the night of all the witches,
which the Church transformed into the Eve of All Saints."

Encyclopedia Britannica (14th
Edition)
"Hallowe’en or All Hallows Eve, the name given to Oct. 31, as
the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints' Day, now chiefly known as
the eve of the Christian festival. It long antedates
Christianity. The two chief characteristics of ancient
Hallowe'en were the lighting of bonfires and the belief that
this is the one night in the year during which ghosts and
witches are most likely to wander abroad. History shows that the
main celebrations of Hallowe'en were purely Druidical, and this
is further proved by the fact that in parts of Ireland Oct. 31
is still known as Oidhche Shamhna, 'Vigil of Sama'. This is
directly connected with the Druidic belief in the calling
together of certain wicked souls on Hallowe'en by Saman, lord of
death."

World Book Encyclopedia (1959
Edition)
"The Druids, an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain,
believed that on Halloween, ghosts, spirits, fairies, witches,
and elves came out to harm people. They thought the cat was
sacred and believed that cats had once been human beings but
were changed as a punishment for evil deeds. From these Druidic
beliefs come the present-day use of witches, ghosts, and cats in
Halloween festivities."

Halloween Through Twenty
Centuries (by Ralph Linton)
"The American celebration rests upon Scottish and Irish folk
customs which can be traced in direct line from pre-Christian
times. Although Halloween has become a night of rollicking fun,
superstitious spells, and eerie games which people take only
half seriously, its beginnings were quite otherwise. The
earliest Halloween celebrations were held by the Druids in honor
of Samhain, Lord of the dead, whose festival fell on November
1."

World Book Encyclopedia
(Quoted in the Atlanta Journal
on October 16, 1977)
"It was the Celts who chose the date of October 31 as their new
year’s Eve and who originally intended it as a celebration of
everything wicked, evil and dead. Also during their celebration
they would gather around a community bonfire and offer as
sacrifice their animals, their crops, and sometime themselves.
And wearing costumes made from the heads and skins of other
animals, they would also tell one another’s fortunes for the
coming year."

"The celebration remained much
the same after the Romans conquered the Celts around 43 A.D. The
Romans did, however, add a ceremony honoring their goddess of
fruit and trees and thus the association with apples and the
custom of bobbing for them."

World Book Encyclopedia (1959
Edition)
"In the A.D. 800’s the church established All Saints Day on
November 1 so that the people could continue a festival they had
celebrated before becoming Christians. The mass that was said on
this day was called Allhallowmas. The evening before became
known as All Hallow e'ven or Halloween…. It means hallowed or
holy evening."

World Book Encyclopedia (1959
Edition)
"Jack-O'-Lanterns were named for a man called Jack, who could
not enter heaven or hell. As a result, he was doomed to wander
in darkness with his lantern until Judgment Day."

Compton’s Encyclopedia (1978
Edition)
"Customs and superstitions gathered through the ages go into our
celebration of Halloween, or 'Holy Eve', on October 31. The day
is so named because it is the even of the festival of All
Saints, but many of the beliefs and observances connected with
it arose long before the Christian Era, in the autumn festivals
of pagan peoples…. Even after November 1 became a Christian
feast day, honoring all saints, the peasants clung to the old
pagan beliefs and customs that had grown up about Halloween….
Our Halloween celebrations today keep many of these early
customs unchanged."